Medicare reinstated at Jackson County Nursing Home
Jackson County Nursing Home will continue to receive Medicare subsidies after federal officials found the facility largely in compliance with life safety codes. Inspections showed progress on fire safety, with payments retroactive to Dec 1, though the home must complete a few adjustments. About 12 to 20 residents receive Medicare help each month.
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Jackson County Nursing Home
Richard Ligon
Ligon
Medicare
Students oppose Carbondale amusement tax for garage
A crowded Carbondale council hearing heard SIU Carbondale students denounce a proposed 2 percent amusements tax to fund a 4.25 million downtown garage, arguing it shifts costs onto students while city officials debate the plan and consider an alternative tax mix.
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Carbondale
Todd Rogers
SIUC
USC
Rogers
Stan Irvin
Irvin
Carol Loman
Siu-C
Christopher Craven
Carbondale Community High School
Fry cites $40,000 overrun in CMAD mowing contract
Carbondale City Manager Fry charges CMAD contract overruns have cost the city $40,000 as council weighs canceling the multi year mowing agreement. CMAD manager Vineyard is abroad and the council delays action until December 28. Fry says the contract lacks proper controls and wants to rebid before April 1 mowing season. He accuses Vineyard of stalling while Councilwoman Westberg urges honoring the request.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Carroll Fry
Fry
CMAD
Clark Vineyard
Helen Westberg
Vineyard
Thas
Hans Fischer
Cision
Fischer
Southern Illinois Mayor’s Association
David Stockman
Federal Office of Management and Budget
Stockman
Reagan
Donald Monty
CDBG
Rend sets March 19 bond vote for college upgrades
Rend Lake College trustees approve a March 16 referendum on a 4 million dollar bond to fund labs, classrooms, and renovations. The plan follows retiring a 3.1 million bond for facilities on 350 acres near Ina, with space constraints noted in agriculture and mining departments amid growing enrollment in vocational programs and expansion into mining technology, architecture, and welding.
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O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Rend Lake College
Board of Trustees
Ina
Harry Braun
Mium
Agriculture
RLC
Robert Kelley
Logan board hires firm to sell bond issue for Logan College
The Logan College board approved a $6 million bond issue following a Nov 3 referendum. They hired Howard W. Voss Jr. and Associates to assist in selling the bonds for $10,150, aiming to repay via a continuing nine cent tax through 1984. A Dec 22 special meeting will consider bond sale bids and a joint adult education plan with Carterville High School District 5 for diplomas.
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Bryan, Cave, McPheeters and Roberts
St. Louis
Kelley
Jefferson
Franklin
Hamilton
Perry
White
Wayne
Washington
Williamson
Joseph McClure Jr
Mount Vernon
Allan Patton
Zeigler
Robert Spuhler
Tony Stevens
John A. Logan College
Howard W. Voss Jr
Carterville
Tarvin
Du Quoin mine to supply Irish utility with coal
Freeman United Coal will export 300 000 tons annually for seven years to the Irish Electricity Supply Board and blend it with other coals. The Fidelity surface mine near Du Quoin will supply the coal, shipped from New Orleans, with rail or barge options under consideration. No new jobs expected at the 220-worker mine.
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du Quoin
Evan M. Davis
Illinois
Ancore
Freeman United Coal
Freeman
Irish Electricity Supply Board
Moneypoint
Shannon
Ireland
Joseph Spivey
Illinois Coal Association
Fidelity
New Orleans
Ryan
Ilinois
Europe
Browdy First Mason in U.S. Donates $1,000 to Museum Fund
Harry Browdy of Murphysboro becomes the first Mason in the United States to contribute $1,000 to the museum and library fund. Murphysboro Lodge 498 received a statute memorializing the gift while the $1,000 will be matched by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Browdy
Mason
U.S
Harry Browdy
Murphysboro
Seum
National Endowment For the Humanities
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Nursing Home
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Chamber of Commerce
Patrick Burley
Harris Bank and Trust Co
Chicago
First National Bank of Chicago
A.O
Buddy” Crihfield
Memphis Tenn
Umic Inc
Harris Bank
Convention Center
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
John McCutchen
A. O
Buddy’’ Crihfield
Monty
Council
Edward Hogan
Hogan
Alto Pass
Little Cedar Lake
Cedar Lake
Water District
Community College Boards
Rend
Joseph Scrivner
Patton
Illinois Community College Trustees Association
Jack Musgrave
Logan
Don Brewer
Don Nolen
West Frankfort
Jerry Lacey
Clifford Batteau
Elkville
Jim Redden
Marion
Brewer
Jim Bales Treasuer
James Ryan
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